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The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

College isn’t as ‘cutesy’ as they say

College isn’t as ‘cutesy’ as they say

May 11, 2015

By Shruthika Pochampally Staff Writer @shruthreddy What people never tell you is that getting into college is not the hardest thing you’ll have to do. The first three years of high school are...

Senior Tuulia Koponen looks forward to studying public relations at the University of Texas at Austin this coming Fall as well as making the most of what Austin has to offer. Photo by Tuulia Koponen.

Significant moments, unique circumstances reveal true self as senior year comes to close

May 11, 2015

By Tuulia Koponen Business/Public Relations Manager @tuulipia The one thing I always struggle with when starting a piece of writing is the opening statement. I always long for it to be something...

10 valuable tips to make your high school experience priceless

10 valuable tips to make your high school experience priceless

May 7, 2015

By Shivani Burra Staff Writer @shiviburra At this point in my life, I am thinking about how overrated high school is and how ready I am for this stage of my life to be over and be on my way to college. But...

Senior issue: A day in the life of my high school journey

April 30, 2015

Hailey Siegrist Staff Writer @Hailey_siegrist Being part of Coppell High School has really changed me, for the better. In middle school I was friends with a lot of girls who were not very...

Fear is not the right type of encouragement

April 30, 2015

By Sai Sailaja Seshadri Staff Writer @saisailu97 I was sitting at a table with some friends the other day, hearing them discuss a recent test they had to take which turned out to be extremely...

Taking control of the development epidemic

April 29, 2015

By Nicolas Henderson Staff Writer @happenstance98   Living in Coppell is not for those who pine for a quiet, undisturbed lifestyle. It seems that every week I’ll spot something that...

Fast food restaurants in Coppell are too convenient

Fast food restaurants in Coppell are too convenient

April 29, 2015

By Sloane Samberson Staff Writer @SloaneSamberson In central Coppell, you can drive less than 1,000 feet from one fast food restaurant to find yourself at another one. Wendy's is across the street...

Hardly working: lacking responsibility in the workplace

April 22, 2015

By Alex Irizarry Staff Writer Picture this: You are pulling into a Starbucks before work, getting your daily kick start before a long day of taking calls and sitting through meetings. Before you is...

Convention deals advice, memories

Convention deals advice, memories

April 18, 2015

By Joseph Krum Staff Writer @joseph_krum As I sat down for the "Let me tell you a story" seminar in the Sheraton Hotel in Denver, I expected a veteran journalist to tell me what I didn't know about...

5280 Publishing founder, president and editor-in-chief Daniel Brogan shares the why behind starting the Denver city magazine 5280 which started from his second bedroom in his apartment in 1993. Brogan took big, risky steps to get the magazine rolling such as sending out 10 credit card applications on the same day so the credit card companies would not cross-check to see which other cards he had applied for because he became kind of obsessed with the idea of making this magazine work. Photo by Tuulia Koponen.

Passion for journalism elevates mile higher in Denver

April 17, 2015

By Tuulia Koponen Business/Public Relations Manager @tuulipia   DENVER - “I wasn't a smarter guy.” Just a few sentences into his speech for the session entitled “Good journalism...

Sidekick staff, time to follow my lede

Sidekick staff, time to follow my lede

April 17, 2015

By Sloane Samberson Staff Writer DENVER - This year, The Sidekick staff has strived to improve our publication by enforcing these three goals: Better ledes Better headlines More emotional photos After...

Keynote speakers at the JEA/NSPA convention in Denver discuss their Pulitzer-Prize winning story, Other than Honorable. Writer David Philipps emphasized how important it was to add emotion into stories. Photo by Summer Crawford.

Bringing heart to your stories fosters better writing, character

April 16, 2015

By Alex Nicoll Editor-in-Chief @NicollMac DENVER - Humanity. On the first night of the 2015 Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Spring National High School...

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